Victim of fatal accident on I-435 identified as Olathe man

An 85-year-old Olathe, Kan., man died in a fatal accident at 3:50 p.m. Wednesday, April 13, on I-435 southbound near Kansas Avenue in Edwardsville, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol crash report.

The man was driving a Honda Element southbound on I-435, and for an undetermined reason, he lost control of the vehicle, drifted onto the outside shoulder and struck the bridge pillar for Kansas Avenue, the trooper’s report stated.

He was identified as Robert A. Nash, 85, of Olathe, Kan., according to the trooper’s report. His next-of-kin has been notified.